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New Fox red puppy!!

Hi my name is Nick I am new here. I just picked up my fox red lab on saturday and she is a beauty. We havent come up with a name yet. Any ideas? The fiance has ruled out red, ginger, foxy, honey, kimber (i like this one) and a few others people have thrown out. This picture is a couple weeks old so she is older and bigger now. Ill update the picture later. We are working on getting her on a schedule and crate trained. I am an avid deer hunter and I would really like to get more into bird hunting. If I want to train her to be a bird retriever where should I start? Ive trained dogs but none to be hunting retrievers.

Welcome to RTF Nick. You are already doing the first thing - getting her on a schedule and crate training her, the next is formal obedience and getting her to want to chase bird wings and bumpers. I suggest you get either Jackie mertens DVD sound beginnings or Bill Hillmans training a retriever puppy DVD. If you can find a Retriever club in your area start hanging out with them and join the club there is usually a wealth of knowledge there. also you may want to buy a retriever training program by Evan Graham or Mike lardy both are very good. good luck with the pup.

Justin E Schneider

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